Entrepreneurial Initiatives

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NSITE offers an entrepreneurship program to help aspiring entrepreneurs who are blind, visually impaired, and/or Veterans stand up their own business 

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Aspiring entrepreneurs will enter into this 9-month intensive program that prepares them to launch the business of their choice. Examples of business concepts include:

  • Niche-market sales of proprietary products
  • Consulting services; and
  • Re-sale of AbilityOne Products with the support of products with the support of NIB’s e-commerce solution and access to client networks.

Tuition covers:

  • Prerequisite Office technology proficiency training (Microsoft Office suite, meeting platforms, internet research, etc.) for users of assistive technologies
  • Business Basics foundational coursework:
    • Business Operations
    • Finance and Budgeting Essentials
    • Improving Decision Making
    • Marketing and Sales
  • Regularly scheduled virtual instructor-led (vILT) meetings with staff, mentors, and experts to deepen the learning and clarify questions
  • Wharton Business School: Entrepreneurship Specialization online curriculum
    • Developing the Opportunity
    • Launching Your Start-Up
    • Financing and Profitability
    • Entrepreneurship Specialization Capstone: Business Plan
  • E-Commerce Platform: Training and support for those entrepreneurs opting for a AbilityOne Product Resale business
  • Business Plan: Development of individual business plans with the support of a mentor
  • Start-Up Launch Support
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NSITE welcomes all learners and prioritizes participants who are blind and visually impaired in our training programs. Access for others may depend on program capacity.

  • If you have an open case with a State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, we can assist you in requesting tuition funding for this program through your VR Counselor.
  • If you are an employee of NIB or and NIB associated Nonprofit Agency, you may qualify for an NIB Training and Professional Development (PTC) grant. You will need to submit a PTC Grant application to NIB for each participant through Matt Reuter via mreuter@nib.org. Please note that the PTC Grant application must be approved prior to the start of the program.
  • NSITE will be able to provide additional guidance to qualified applicants.

For more information, contact:

Marianne Haegeli, mhaegeli@nsite.org
Jonathan Lucus, jlucus@nsite.org